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The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning , by Etta Kralovec and John Buell ( Beacon Press, 25 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02108-2892; 119 pp., $18 hardcover ). Asks the question: Are the benefits of homework worth its costs? The authors examine the role of homework in American society and look at why educators, parents, and politicians believe, almost universally, that more homework equals higher academic standards and achievement. Drawing on case histories, research studies in the field, and their own experiences as teachers and parents, they offer a counterbalance to this assumption and discuss why past efforts to reform homework...
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